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• 1808 - Correctly set Local System as executing user of windows service to ensure it can be applied if the service was previously run under a different account
• 1923 - Fix null reference in Calamari script when deploying a new service not previously deployed
• 1924 - PowerShell Script Steps are now executed with the -NonInteractive argument

• 1907 - Open packages with FileShare.Read to reduce conflicts between anti-virus scanner and Tentacle
• 1916 - Allow health check to return drive information where free space < 1KB
• 1917 - Scoped ProjectIds on ServerTasks now remapped as part of migration
• 1919 - Resolved issue deploying to Azure targets introduced in 3.0.15

What happened to 3.0.14? Some customers experienced an issue with a SQL Database Upgrade script timing out so we decided to pull this release and go straight to 3.0.15 to avoid confusion.

• 1832 - Scheduled deployments date input updated to support popup date picker
• 1845 - Improve performance of events queries
• 1856 - Temporary certificate generated for Azure script execution is removed and not pushed up to server
• 1864 - Package feed details load independently of release details to make release page responsive sooner
• 1887 - Prevent installation of additional High Availability node if license is insufficient
• 1889 - New-OctopusArtifact now encodes the name parameter correctly
• 1892 - Change Calamari file system retry logic to a maximum time not a number of retries
• 1895 - Removed 20 minute timeout from manual tasks
• 1910 - Increased the timeout for SQL Upgrade Scripts to cater for longer running upgrades
• 1911 - Improve logging and wait for service to stop in Calamari BeforePostDeploy script
• 1913 - Bugfix for environment variable not being saved on creation of child steps

• 1848 - Integrated Windows authentication improvements
• 1861 - Bound text field shows correctly if loaded value appears to be bound
• 1863 - Help text escaped correctly describing transformation defaults
• 1877 - Only the cluster leader will re-index the built-in NuGet package repository

• 1519 - Promote buttons now hidden if the user has insufficient permissions
• 1706 - Workaround for Mono FileNotFoundException when calling Directory.EnumerateFiles with relative path
• 1807 - Dashboard API only returns previous items that did not have any warnings or errors.
• 1838 - Trailing spaces on variable names removed when persisted
• 1839 - Remove missing NuGet packages from the built-in package repository on re-index
• 1852 - 'Remove additional files' (Octopus.Action.Azure.RemoveAdditionalFiles) and 'Preserve App_Data' (Octopus.Action.Azure.PreserveAppData) variables for use when deploying Azure Web Apps.
• 1869 - Enable IIS-style logging of HTTP requests (opt-in)
• 1870 - Older deployments will appear faded on the Project Overview page

• 1418 - Improve helpfulness of errors when REST API client encounters a proxy server error.
• 1600 - Add a validation check on adding Environments (API) to teams to stop null values
• 1732 - Migrator: Option to limit import of historical data (releases, deployments, events, server tasks, server task logs)
• 1753 - PowerShell script steps will now respect unicode characters
• 1776 - Improved the Release version auto-increment logic
• 1817 - Filtering the deployment targets provides visual feedback for targets applicable to each step
• 1824 - Hydra now configures the Tentacle Windows Service to use the new version
• 1834 - Provide better error messages if export is partially imported.
• 1850 - Only log Error in GetMemberExternalSecurityGroupIds(String username) if it really fails
• 1851 - Prevent Octopus from crashing when marking a task as complete and the database is unavailable
• 1853 - Migrator: Export is not exporting LibraryVariableSetSnapshots
• 1854 - OctopusPhysicalFileSystem: Extra retry after deleting a file or directory
• 1855 - Migrator: Importing server tasks logs is slow
• 1858 - Migrator now supports importing deployments that originated in Octopus 1.6
• 1859 - Calamari updated to filter matching packages by version before generating hash from contents to increase performance.
• 1860 - Delete and Copy operations in Calamari will only retry failed operations instead of every operation

• 1767 - Improved the display of long Project names that don't have spaces
• 1768 - Improved the display of long release versions on the Dashboard
• 1814 - Text Encoding of Variable Substitution files are now preserved after transformation
• 1819 - When an Octopus Server has reached its licensed number of Users the server will now prevent any new AD users from signing in explaining the reason
• 1826 - The Process Tab UI now correctly indicates Parallel and Rolling deployments
• 1828 - Long Task names no longer obscure the deployment date/time.
• 1829 - History in Task Summary page now shows 3.0 Tasks, not just 2.6 Tasks.
• 1831 - Tentacle setup - Text updated to indicate "add deployment target" instead of legacy "add machine"
• 1836 - Octopus Server will no longer consider 3.1 the maximum available update

• 1665 - Log file names no longer clash with new installs of Octopus Server
• 1747 - Migrator from 2.6->3.0 now imports project logos
• 1813 - Corrupted log lines no longer cause the Migrator to stall
• 1821 - Block deployment permissions scoped to a project now work correctly
• 1823 - Import process will now merge VariableSets

• 1774 - Proxy configuration is not used by Calamari
• 1775 - Hand icon appears when hovering over Task Summary
• 1783 - Fixed an exception when trying to set a variable to a date
• 1793 - Provide more informative exception when uploaded Azure Management cert is password protected
• 1797 - Show correct Azure web app & service icons when target is disabled
• 1802 - Enable Azure steps to run in parallel on Octopus
• 1810 - Spinner on NuGet Package Search dialog is misaligned
• 1811 - Properly align blocking tasks on Task Progress screen
• 1818 - SSH and Offline Drop Location passwords could be overwritten when not specified

• 1790 - Updated the TeamCity plugin to support --deploymenttimeout parameter for Octo.exe
• 1799 - Automatic release creation will now continue enumerating projects instead of breaking on the first failure
• 1786 - Cloud Service Deployment Target dropdown values now load and bind correctly
• 1789 - Correct license message will be displayed when Octopus Server can be updated
• 1739 - ActivityLog files are now deleted when deleting documents that have Activity Logs, like ServerTasks
• 1782 - Deployments no longer fail if a manual step happens after package acquisition
• 1791 - Added a warning to the Azure target pages about the changes we are planning for 3.1
• 1780 - Enabled DtdProcessing on XML reader to fix DTD security exception due to default value change in .Net 4.0
• 1806 - Better error reporting for Migration
• 1758 - Fixed a NullReferenceException in TaskLogFileWriter that occurred during the Import process
• 1779 - Now migrating SMTP Settings from 2.6 to 3.0
• 1781 - Now imports deprecated FTP and Azure steps but prevents subsequent deployment
• 1764 - Package retention policies for the Built-in NuGet feed will now be respected properly
• 1772 - Re-enabled pagination for library packages and feeds
• 1785 - Now supports Windows Services with apostrophe/single-quote in the name
• 1788 - Step Template drop down now correctly highlights the selected option in edit mode
• 1750 - Sensitive values are now masked consistently across all types of logs
• 1796 - Azure SubscriptionId is now validated before allowing you to save
• 1787 - Arguments for sc.exe are now quoted and escaped more consistently when configuring Windows Services

• 1509 - Now prevents you from adding ActiveDirectory groups to the "Everyone" team
• 1718 - The Plugins Module has been revived
• 1770 - Cascading deletes now work as expected (for example, deleting users now also deletes them from teams)
• 1777 - Health check now uses Environment property rather than WMI to get machine host name
• 1778 - License is now migrated from 2.6 to 3.0
• 1771 - Octopus Server will no longer crash when checking for cancelled tasks if the database becomes unavailable
• 1769 - Hydra now uses the latest Octopus Installers which ensure Tentacles are reconfigured after update

• 1756 - Active Directory authentication now works even if the User does not provide a UPN
• 1724 - Removed some inaccurate API hyperlinks that are no longer relevant
• 1755 - Calamari no longer picks the wrong files when running Octodiff which would cause Octodiff to fail
• 1742 - The Dashboard now updates correctly in more circumstances
• 1740 - The Dashboard now updates correctly when deployments finish
• 1652 - The login form now prevents multiple submissions which would have prevented new Active Directory users from signing in
• 1762 - Extraneous artifacts in backup file no longer crash the data migrator
• 1763 - Fixed several issues with the IIS Bindings UI
• 1701 - Deployments with Manual steps and Retention Policies no longer experience a NullReferenceException
• 1736 - Reverted step parallelism to 2.x behaviour which can be overridden by OctopusBypassDeploymentMutex
• 1710 - Single quote in environment name no longer breaks pre/post deploy Powershell scripts
• 1759 - More descriptive exceptions are now thrown for missing files and directories during data import
• 1751 - Removed misleading validation on Description fields that have no maximum length constraints
• 1745 - Upload the full package if delta patch fails instead of failing the deployment
• 1725 - Project variables with whitespace in the name will now work

• 1609 - The SMTP Client is now disposed correctly
• 1743 - Deleting an Octopus Server instance no longer requires the SQL Database to exist
• 1717 - No longer downloading packages for skipped steps
• 1451 - Clarified Authentication Mode in the IIS Web Site deployment feature
• 1735 - Offline deployments no longer fail when running steps in parallel
• 1690 - Improved timeliness of getting logs from Calamari
• 1731 - Improved logging of unhandled exceptions in Calamari
• 1745 - When Octodiff.exe apply-delta throws an exception the full package is now uploaded as a fall back

• 1730 - Fixed space CSS for Task Summary/Task log and results
• 1729 - Improved speed of Migrator
• 1733 - Increase Server Task.Description length to MAX
• 1726 - SQL Connection kept alive during task log import

• 1723 - Addressed some UI and behavioural bugs on the Step Templates pages
• 1721 - Fix for z-index for variables pop-up window for bindings
• 1722 - Increase timeout for database creation during install
• 1727 - Fix in Tentacle MSI to correct for Service path on previously upgraded Tentacles
• 1728 - Script console fullscreen now more robust

• 1532 - --deploymenttimeout used in octo.exe and TeamCity plugin now counts hours too
• 1526 - Changes to cookie behaviour for reasons (see issue for full explanation of result)
• 1400 - Logging added of how many files were copied to Custom Install Directory
• 1555 - Semicolon added as email separator in email steps
• 911 - Artifacts are now collected when a Tentacle job fails
• 1193 - Variable filtering now works in the UI
• 1177 - Added Octopus.Web.BaseUrl a default web base URL variable for Octopus
• 1496 - Added Octopus.Release.PreviousForEnvironment.Id and `Octopus.Release.PreviousForEnvironment.Number'
• 1533 - Fixed Https bindings when not on the default port
• 1225 - Added correctly spelled variable IgnoreConfigTranformationErrors
• 1170 - Octopus.Tentacle.CurrentDeployment.TargetedRoles now always available
• 1419 - Provide an option for any machine variables (see issue for use and syntax)
• 1531 - Removed script console timeout
• 1398 - We now send less log messages when processing XML transforms
• 1238 - Additional logging added for additional transforms if not found
• 820 - Environment variables now updated before invoking scripts
• 1522 - Download icon now links to the correct package in the library

• 1532 - --deploymenttimeout used in octo.exe and TeamCity plugin now counts hours too
• 1526 - Changes to cookie behaviour for reasons (see issue for full explanation of result)
• 1400 - Logging added of how many files were copied to Custom Install Directory
• 1555 - Semicolon added as email separator in email steps
• 911 - Artifacts are now collected when a Tentacle job fails
• 1193 - Variable filtering now works in the UI
• 1177 - Added Octopus.Web.BaseUrl a default web base URL variable for Octopus
• 1496 - Added Octopus.Release.PreviousForEnvironment.Id and `Octopus.Release.PreviousForEnvironment.Number'
• 1533 - Fixed Https bindings when not on the default port
• 1225 - Added correctly spelled variable IgnoreConfigTranformationErrors
• 1170 - Octopus.Tentacle.CurrentDeployment.TargetedRoles now always available
• 1419 - Provide an option for any machine variables (see issue for use and syntax)
• 1531 - Removed script console timeout
• 1398 - We now send less log messages when processing XML transforms
• 1238 - Additional logging added for additional transforms if not found
• 820 - Environment variables now updated before invoking scripts
• 1522 - Download icon now links to the correct package in the library

• 1515 - Added extra logging around Automatic Release Creation
• 1514 - Automatic Release now fixed if automatically generated release number was already used
• 1565 - Fix memory leak with ActorStateFile last snapshot on Tentacle
• 1512 - Automatic Release creation uses pre-release tag but only for nominated package